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An audit trail for autonomous agents

When an agent acts on its own, someone eventually asks why. MADB makes that answer a query, not a forensic project.

An agent that acts and leaves no trail is an unauditable actor. MADB records each decision with its causes, so an agent audit trail exists by default — not reconstructed after an incident.

Replay, don’t reconstruct

When finance questions an auto-issued refund, the agent replays the exact chain that led to it with trace_cause — back to the customer’s original dispute. Nothing is inferred after the fact.

Built for review

  • Every decision links to the evidence that drove it
  • Lineage is captured as the agent works, not bolted on later
  • Memory stays local and yours

Enforced governance and tamper-evident audit are the paid layer on the roadmap; the causal record they build on is live today.

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